The Oscars

On Sunday, February 27th were the 83rd annual Academy Awards. It was a good night overall with some exciting, heart-warming and shocking moments. One of the most notable being Mellisa Leo's f-bomb. "The King's Speech" ended up winning best picture which was expected by most people. Although I'm not thrilled that "The King's Speech" won so many awards, I am very happy that "Inception" and "The Fighter" won some awards as well. I greatly enjoyed those movies for a number of reasons. In "Inception", the cast was absolutely phenomenal and the way everything from the music to the editing flowed was tremendous. "The Fighter" I greatly enjoyed because for one, I am a huge fan of Mark Wahlberg. I loved the simplicity and sense of realism that the movie had because it was a true story and you could relate to it. I also felt that the cast was extremely good in their roles and just everything in the movie I really enjoyed. The most notable being Mellisa Leo winning best supporting actress and Christian Bale winning best supporting actor who were both very deserving of those awards. I think the one complaint that a lot of people including myself will have about The Oscars is their hosts. I found that throughout the night, James Franco and Anne Hathaway were quite awkward and seemed nervous on stage and it made for some dull and awkward moments. I feel that their goal of reaching to a younger demographic in a sense was achieved because I know that a lot more people my age watched it this time, but I don't think a lot of them enjoyed it because of the mediocre performances by the hosts.  Also, a few of the award speeches I did not like, especially one of the women who literally had a piece of paper with a speech written on it. That was just unclassy and rude to the other nominees. I feel that The Oscars definitely show style, money, change and fun when it comes to the laws of popular culture. Everything the stars wear is by a famous designer and it is all very fancy and "hollywood". Also it shows that the world of film is constantly changing money-wise and genre-wise. And of course that movies can be fun to watch, star in and just be a part of. Overall, I feel that the night ran smoothly for the most part apart from a few awkward moments along the way. It was a fun and enjoyable night and congratulations to all of the winners and nominees.